German Chancellor Merz:
- There will probably be no assembly between Russia’s Putin and Ukraine Pres. Zelenskyy
What subsequent?
Extra secondary sanctions? Can sanctions starve Russia of wanted funds?
The writing on the wall after the Putin/Trump assembly was fairly evident. There was no ceasefire. The hope was for a Putin/Zelenskyy bilateral assembly, which actually by no means bought off the bottom. Russia bombed away earlier than and after the assembly. Putin needed land.
EU/NATO/Ukraine did not wish to hand over land. Ukraine and EU needed US safety assurances. Russia didn’t need any international involvement and particularly troops in Ukraine.
You then say silly issues like Putin could come to the World Cup, and Trump saying “Putin doesn’t Zelenskyy” (nicely Zelenskyy would not like Putin too and has extra purpose to not like him). Trump additionally mentioned, “You aren’t going to win a conflict when you play protection and no offense” and was angered by the bombing of a pipeline of oil to Hungary.
Trump will say he needs peace, however he additionally needs to promote protection. It appears he will probably be promoting protection.
